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A shadowy, supernatural mystery that explores the eerie, liminal space between the living and the dead. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Half-resurrection blues.
- shadowy
- liminal
- eerie
- atmospheric
- 01
A stranger in Olondria
Sofia Samatar
A lush, dreamlike love letter to language that haunts the reader long after the final page is turned.
- 02
Three parts dead
Max Gladstone
A sharp, neon-lit legal thriller where magic is contract law, gods are corporate entities, and bankruptcy means losing your soul.
- 03
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Claire North
A sweeping, time-looping cat-and-mouse thriller that wrestles with the crushing weight of infinity and the fierce bonds of rivalry.
- 04
Reincarnation blues
Michael Poore
A darkly hilarious, deeply romantic romp through the cosmos that makes you fall in love with the messy, imperfect business of being alive.
- 05
The death of the necromancer
Martha Wells · 1998
A shadowy, gaslamp-lit romp where a gentleman thief's quest for vengeance collides with ancient, creeping horrors.
- 06
Good guys
Steven Brust
A gritty, cynical urban fantasy where underpaid magical operatives question the morality of the secretive institution they serve.
- 07
Secondhand Souls
Christopher Moore
A hilariously macabre romp through San Francisco where the afterlife is just another bureaucratic nightmare managed by lovable misfits.
- 08
Hard magic
Larry Correia
A gritty, high-octane collision of 1930s noir and explosive magical combat.
- 09
Grave memory
Kalayna Price
A shadowy, fast-paced urban fantasy mystery where the dead have secrets and magic comes with a lethal price.
- 10
Kill City blues
Richard Kadrey
A blood-soaked, neon-drenched joyride through the supernatural underbelly of Los Angeles with a chain-smoking antihero.
- 11
Ghost Story
Jim Butcher
A gritty, bittersweet supernatural noir where a powerless detective must solve his own murder while watching his loved ones grieve.
- 12
A madness of angels, or, The resurrection of Matthew Swift
Kate Griffin
A frantic, neon-lit plunge into a hidden, magical London where the city's grime and electricity pulse with dangerous life.
